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TO THE 



AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS 

IN THE UNITED STATES. 



PREPARED BY A COMMITTEE IN OBEDIENCE TO A RESOLUTION 

BY THE 



NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, 

TOGETHER WITH 



CONSTITUTION AND PROCEEDINGS. 



NASHVILLE, TBNN.: 

PRINTED AT UNION & AMERICAN BOOK AND JOB OFFICE. 

1871. 



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HESOLTJTIOISrS. 



Resolved^ That the Secretary be instructed to furnish a copy of 
the Constitution of this Congress to the various Agricultural Asso- 
ciations throughout the country, and that the Agricultural journals 
throughout the counti-y be requested to publish the same in connec- 
tion with the ti'ansactiona of this body. 

Resolved, That the President appoint a committee to prepare an 
Address to the various Agricultural Associations, sotting forth the 
purposes of this Association, and urging their speedy and earnest 
co-operation therewith. 

The following were appointed : 

Prop. Hunter Nicholson, Chairma7i, 
Gen. John S. Marmaduke, Mo., Gov. Eobeut M. Patton, Ala., 

T. C. Johnson, Ind., J. Lacey Darlington, Penn. 

N. S. Townsend, Ohio, Henry S. Eandall, N Y. 

A resolution providing that each member should have a copy of 
the Constitution, was adopted. 

The Congress then adjourned to hold its next session in St. Louis, < 
Mo., on the fourth Monday in May, 1871. 



^ ACTION OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 

At a meeting of the Executive Council of the National Agricultural Association, held upon 
the artjournuient of the Convention, it was, on motion, resolvoil that each Agricultural Organization 
in each State and Territory of the United States, upon the payment to the Treasurer of five dollars ** 
for the first fifty members, one dollar for each additional fifty members, or fractional part thereof, 
aod such further contributions as they may deem proper, shall be regarded as constituent bodies 
of this Association, and shall be furnished with a copy of every publication or report emanating 
from this Association. 

It was also resolved that the Secretary be intrusted to transmit to each Agricultural Associa- 
tion of fifty members or more, a copy of the Constitution, and earnestly 'request such Association to 
unite with the National Association in the promotion of the great interests of Agriculture. 

In compliance with the above resolution I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of the Consti- 
iution trusting, it may meet the approval and co-operation of your Association. 

By indicating the action of your body at an early date, you will oblige. 

Very Respectfully, J. B. KILLEBKEW, See,-e/ary, 



GIFT 

MRi>. MARY MALRV ./EK.H 

1912 



DfflSlES 8F Til IlTIiAl IGIimiMl ISSOCIfflSI. 



PEESIDENT. 
F. Julius LeMoyne, Washington, Pennsylvania. 

YICE-PEESIDENTS. 

Enoch Ensley, Memphis, Tennessee. 1, 

O. H. Jones, Atlanta, Georgia. ^\. 

F. C. Johnson, iievr Albanj^, Indiana. '" 
John S. Marmaduke, St. Louis, Missouri. 

John M. Billups, Columbus, Mississippi. . "' 

Geo. E. Eisenmeyer, Mascontah, Illinois. ^ 

Gov. E. M. Patton, Florence, Alabama. „ 




Col. S. S. Mills, Baltimore, Maryland. ^ 

Gen. John Frazer, Lawrence, Kansas. 

J. M, Shaffer, Fairfield, Iowa. 

J. W. IIoYTE, Madison, Wisconsin. 

Henry Clark, Eutland, Vermont. "v 

D E. WiLLARD. Oxford, New Hampshire. 

H. ]Sr. McCallister, Bellefonte, Pennsj-lvania. ; 

Geo. Geddes, New York. -. ^;' 

D. C. EiciiMOND. Sandusk}', Ohio. 3 _^ - 

Kemp P. Battle, Raleigh, North Carolina 

J. N. Hoag, Sacramento, California. 
Ira D. Crouse, Hartland, Michigan. 

Com. M. F. Maury, Lexington, Virginia. o 

Marshal E P. Wilder, Boston, Mass. jgf 

TEBASUEEE. ^ 

F. H. French, Nashville, Tennessee. 

SECEETAEY. 
J B Killebrew, Nashville, Tennessee 

All officers of the Association will take pleasure in g-iving inform, 
alien when desired, if addressed by letter. 



j^DDRESS. 



The need of some National Organization, representing the Agri- 
cultural interests of the United States, has long been felt by inany 
thoughtful farmers in evei-y section of the country, and from time 
to time, the expediency of forming such an oi'ganization has been 
suggested in public addresses and through the press. The first se- 
rious attempts to put this suggestion into practice, however, wafe 
made this year by the Tennessee Agricultural and Mechanic Asso- ^ 
ciation, and resulted in the assembling of a Congress, which met in 
Nashville, on the 3d day of October, 1871, and remained in session 
until 6th. It was composed of delegates from 11 States, represent- j 
ing more than 40 different Agricultural Societies and Associations. 
In the character of delegates, in earnest zeal and cordial good will 
this first meeting was a complete success. The work was admirably 
begun — but only begun. It will not be, it cannot be, completed 
until ever}^ State and County Association in the Union is fully repre- 
sented in, and in active working co-operation with, the Congress. 
To solicit this representation, and to secure this co-operation is the 
duty imposed upon the committee who now presume to address you. 
We assume the duty willingly, in the belief that a common aim and 
a common sympath}^ will cause you to lend a ready ear to our solici- 
tations. 

We feel it almost a work of super-errogation to speak to you of the 
benefits to be derived from such an organization. The very fact of 
your existence as a society is proof sufficient that, as individuals, 
you have felt the need and appreciate the value of associated inter- 
ests and concentrated efforts in behalf of Agriculture. The same in- 
fluences that brought about your organization operate alike through- 



out the Union, and by their universality, both create the desire and 
open the way for a National Association. In view of the extent and 
force of these influences, it is only a matter of wonder that such an 
organization has not long existed. The absence of such an associa- 
tion can only be accounted for on the assumption that, as a class, 
farmers are but little alive to their class interest, ?.nd almost entirely 
wanting in that class-spirit which begets co-operation and associated 
effort. In justice to the farmers, ho'q^ever, it ought to be remem- 
bered that the general circumstances affecting agriculture are but 
little favorable to any close combination or ready association among 
its votaries. The farmer cannot get informatiou of his fellow-la- 
Ijorer so readily as the merchant or mechanic; his means of inter- 
course are less, his circle of acquaintances more confined. But these 
circumstances while they serve to explain, by no means justify, the 
lack of class-spirit and pride of calling. Moreover, these circum- 
stances are rapidly changing. Indeed, there is reason to believe 
that we have lived to see the beginning of a new era in Agriculture. 
The history of the last quarter of a century records nothing of^ 
more importance to the world at large than the rapid and wide- 
spread uplifting of the business of Agriculture from a condition 
wherein neither knowledge nor skill were requisite, but only brute 
force, to that wherein a wider range of knowledge and a higher skill 
may find ample employment, than is demanded in any other calling. 
This is no vain boast, but a fact standing out in bold relief and chal- 
lenging the attention of every thoughtful student of the present 
times. The history of this uprising, though brief, is brimful of in- 
terest and instruction. It is not the result of any one discover}', 
though many discoveries have contributed thereto; nor the product 
of any one invention, though many inventions have aided. Like 
all great results, it is the product of many combined forces; the 
effect of man}^ far-reaching causes. Fully to understand, or rightly 
to appreciate this great uplifting, it is necessary to reckon the num- 
ber and measure the extent of the agencies operating to pi-oduce it. 
To enumerate these were almost to catalogue the arts and sciences, 
while to detail their operations were to write the history of the 
times ; either is much beyond our purpose. It suffices to say that 
Agriculture has come to be recognized as a Science and an Art 
second to no other known to man. And, henceforth, the man who 
aspires to the foremost place as an Agriculturist, must needs acquaint 
himself with a wide range of sciences, and master the principles of 
many arts. In other words, the farmer now needs his schools and 



is colleges as much as the Lawyer and the Physician — schools and 
colleges, too, of equal grade and wider compass. This is the mean- 
ing of the movement that, in the world of Education, marks the 
present from all other times. Industrial schools and colleges have 
arisen during the present century in every civilized country thi-ough- 
out Christendom. Eesults so wide spread, and yet so uniform, can 
only flow from a force deep seated, far reaching, and irresistible. 
That force is the uprising of the industrial classes. 

These schools are the fruits of the movement, not its cause. In the 
future, however, they will prove very powerful instruments for hast- 
ening forward the movement to which they owe their origin. But 
no movement like that of which we are now speaking, can ever be 
content with any one set of instruments to do its work, let them be 
ever so powerful. Hence we find that already the industrial classes 
are using the press and all its manifold appliances — backed up by 
all the inventions of the age — that lessen labor and help the laborer. 
Among the master agencies of civilization, however, one of the fore- 
most has yet to be called to the aid of the Agriculturist. Associa- 
tion has, perhaps, done more for the amelioration, improvement and 
strengthening of others of the industrial class than any other one 
thing. But, as yet, its use is almost entirely unknown among 
farmers. This neglect has been the farmer's loss. To repair this 
loss is in part the purpose of the organization, to which we invite 
your co-operation. The organization may be regarded as a combi- 
nation for the protection of our class; as a society for mutual im-</ 
provement, and as an association for the collection and dissemination 
of knowledge. And the sum of its values can only be estimated by 
taking into account the vast amount of useful and valuable inform- 
ation that may be collected by such an Association, having its trib- 
utary agencies extending into every nook and corner of our broad 
land; the better acquaintance and kinder feelings that such a So- 
ciety must engender between the farmers of the different sections ; 
and the immense social and political influences that may be wielded 
by such a combination. All of these considerations, and others, 
appealing to the self-interest and class pride of the farmer will nat- 
urally suggest themselves to you, and, we trust, will induce you to 
unite with us promptly and earnestly. 

Other considerations appeal to us as citizens of a common country, 
and from these we may not turn away our ears if we would. Farmers 
as a class, are as seven in ten in the community, and their import 

ance to the social, commercial and political well-being of the nation 



is in 'every way equal to their numerical preponderance. And 
equally weighty are their duties and responsibilities. To enable 
them to meet these responsibilities, and successfully to discharge 
these duties, they have need of every agency within their reach. 
We know of none more powerful, none that may be made more 
effective than the National Association which we represent. 

HuNEER Nicholson, Chairman. 
J. S. Marmaduke, >>■-? • 
T. C. Johnson, %^J- 

N. S. TOWNSEND, ' 

BoRT. M. Patton, ,' J. 

J. Lacey Darlington, lt!6-***^ 

H. S. Eandall. /,' 



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FIRST DAY— TUESDAY. 

Nashville, Ten^., Oct. 3, 1871. 

The National Agricultural Congress assembled in the Exposition 
Building to-day, at 11 o'clock, and was called to order by Maj. A. F.* 
Goff, of Nashville. 

^tj. Goif moved that 2_en. John S. Marniaduke, editor of the St. 
Louis Illustrated Journal of Agriculture, act as temporary Chair- 
man. The motion was agreed to. 

Gen. Marmaduke, on taking the chair, said: 

Gentlemen — I am appreciative of the honor you have conferred 
on me, and I thank you for it. The undertaking that is before us, 
is, in my estimation, and I take it, is in yours, a very great one, and 
a very good one ; and for one, my heart and my head move squarely 
to it — fully with it. I am likewise of the opinion that it is going to 
require of us great labor, if wo make any thing out of it, but with 
great lab(5h.' I believe that we can make of it every thing that we 
. aght, and I trust that each man, all of us, that are here to-day, 
(and I regret that there are so few of us,) and all who may hereafter 
join with us, will join shoulder to shoulder, and push this thing for- 
ward. The subject of agriculture by ourselves and the country at 
large, has been too much neglected. 1 believe the day has now 
come when it will become the most prominent, as it is the most 
stable, feature of our country. I beg to call upon Gen. Jackson, the 
chairman of the committee, who has put this ball in motion, to ex- 
plain to you more fully than I can do, the mission and purpose of 
this meetiucr. 



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SPEECH OF GEN. JACKSON. 



G-eneral "William H. Jackson, in welcoming the delegates, said : "^ 
Gentlemen of the Convention, as a representative of the Tennes- "^ 
nessee Agricultural and Mechanical Association, I appear before you 
to extend our hearty greeting and welcome on this occasion. The 
Association which I represent, appreciating the importance of an 
extensive organization, and of a more complete one, have taken the 
initiative in suggesting this national convocation in the interests of 
agriculture and mechanical industry and prosperity. Ttiey have 
considered the move more important, for the reason that we see in 
all other important convocations of industries the advantages to be 
derived from compact organization, in order to promote and sustain 
their interest; while agriculture, the most ancient, the most honor- 
able, the most important, and the most virtuous of all human em- 
ployments, has strangely neglected this organized co-oporation as 
the important agency in building up this great interest which con- 
stitutes the basis of the nation's support, and furnishes employment 
for three fourths of the nation's brain and muscle. The advantages 
to be derived from such on association will readily suggest them- 
selves to the minds of all; and among the most important advan- 
tages, I will state that the one that is proposed by Commodore 
Maury, and which I hope will be brought before this meeting, is a 
system of forecasting of weather and crops, by which the farmer 
will be posted not only respecting the weather from day to day, but 
also the crops from seed time to market, thereby giving him an in- 
telligent opinion upon which he can base the price of his produce, 
and not incur that loss which has been incurred by the farmers ever 
since they have been farmers, by that system of over-estimating 
crops, and the consequent deduction in price of their products. 
Among other advantages, I will state, in this association, will be the 
diffusion of practical intelligence and agricultural literature, as also ^ 
the breaking down of sectional prejudices, and substituting therefor 
fraternal feelings, based upon free communion of men engaged in a 
common pursuit, and identified in its interests. These, gentlemen, 
are among the most important general subjects that ought to be con- 
sidered. This country wants cheap, uniform and regular trans^^or-s^ 
tation throughout the entire land. It would greatly assist the 
already greatly oppressed and overwhelmed farmers. We meet 
together here as agriculturists. I am delighted to see this represen- 
tation of delegates. My solicitude is, that there will be a sufficient 



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number of delegates from all the States, or, at least, from a i-nnjority 
of the States, to give us a natiorial character, and set us on foot. I 
think it will work out those grand results Avhich we all so miich 
need, and which we are so much interested in. I will not detain 
the convention, but will again tender you our most hearty welcome, 
and express the hope that our meeting will be an agreeable and 
profitable one for this great interest which we are here to represent. 

The Keporters for the Press were requested to act as temporary 
Secretaries. 

On motion of Gen. Jackson, a Committee on Credentials was ap- 
pointed, consisting of one delegate from each State represented in 
the Congress. 

The Chairman announced the following as the Committee: 
F. H. French, Tennessee; Chas. N. G-ibbs, Kentucky; Edward 
W. West, Illinois; 0. H. Jones, Georgia; E. A. Hester, Alabama; 

F. C. Johnson, Indiana; Col. Sterling E. Cockrill, Arkansas, and 
Louis Green, Mississippi. 

The Committee subsequently reported that the credentials of the 
following delegates were correct : 

Tennessee — State at large — None. Tennessee Association — Gen. 
W. H. Jackson, T. Fanning, M. Campbell, A. F. GoflF, F. H. French, 

G. W. Gordon, M. S. Cockrill, Dr. E. C. Foster. Tennessee Central 
Fair Association — A Cox, William G. S. Anderson, Jas. F. Smith, 
William F. Balentine, W. B. Flournoy. Maury County Farmers' 
Club— Col. Ben. Harlan, Col. D. F. Wade. McMinn County— E. 
McCarloclc, J. M. Charles. Bedford County Farmers' Club — Thomas 
Lipscomb, M. D. Warren County Agricultural and Mechanical 
Association — J. H. French, Asa Faulkner, D. F. Wallace, Joseph H. 
Hughes. Lincoln County Farmers' Club — J. L. L. Stone, F. G. 
Buchanan. Montgomery County Agricultural and Mechanical As- 
sociation — Finis Ewing, J. B. Killebrew. Memphis Agricultural 
and Mechanical Society — Hon. Jacob Thompson, A. B. Haynes, 
Enoch Ensley. Hickman County Agricultural Association — W. M. 
Johnson. McKenzie Farmers' Club — Maj. B. G. Ezzell. West Tens 
nessee Agricultural and Mechanical Association — Alexander Jack-' 
son, M.D., Charles W. Greene. Marion County Agricultural Seciety 
— William M. Allison, Jasper Post-office. Wilson County Agricul- 
tural Societ}' — John Ward, Lebanon. Beech Grove Farmers' and 
Mechanics' Club, Coffee county — A. B. Eobertson, Manchester. 



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Missouri — State at large — Gen. John S. Marinaduke, St. Louis. 

Kentucky — Central Agricultural and Mechanical Association o 
Southwest Kentucky and West Tennessee — C. N. Cribbs. 

Mississippi — State at large — Lewis Greene, Columbus, Mississippi. 

Georgia — State at large — J. J. Toon. Atlanta, Georgia. From the 
Atlanta Agricultural and Industrial Association — O. H. Jones, J. 
W. Avery, S. H. Stout, M. D. 

Arkansas — State at large — none. Arkansas State Agricultural 
Society — Col. Sterling E. Cockrill, Pine Bluff Post-office. 

Illinois — Farmers' and Fruit Growers' Association of St. Clair 
county — Edward W. West, Bellville Post-office; George C. Eisen- 
meyer, Mascontah. 

Alabama — State at large — W. W. Baj'Iess. Tennessee Vallej^ Ag- 
ricultural and Mechanical Association — S. M. Thom2:)son, Tuscuni- 
bia, Alabama. North Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical Asso- 
ciation — E. A. Hester, Florence, Alabama. 

Indiana — State at large — F. C. Johnson, New Albany, Indiana. 
Madison Count}^ Agricultural Society — E. C. Stone, Anderson Post- 
office, Indiana. 

The r«.port was received. 

On motion of Hon. Jacob Thompson, of Tennessee, a Committee 
on Permanent Organization, and to prepare a Constitution and By- 
Laws for the Congress, was aj)pointed, consisting of the following 
delegates : Gen. W. H. Jackson, Tennessee ; Louis Green, Missis- 
sippi ; S. H. Stout, Georgia ; C. N. Gibbs, Kentucky ; E. C. Stone, 
Indiana; Sterling E Cockrill, Arkansns ; E. W. West, Illinois ; and 
E. A. Hester, Alabama. 

The Committee was also instructed to prepare biisiness for the 
Convention. 

On motion of Hon. Jacob Thompson, the Congress adjourned to 
9 o'clock, to-morrow morning. 



SECOND DAY—WEDNESDAY. 

Nashville, Oct. 4, 1871. 
The Congress was called to order at 9:45 a. m., by the Chairman, 
Gen. Marmaduke. 



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The following delegates appeared and took their s*ats : 

F. Julius LeMoync, Vassil H. Harding and John McDowell, of the 
Agricultural Society of Washington county, Pennsylvania. / 

Gov. Eobert M. Patton and A. G. Owen, of Alabama. 

Joseph P. Brooks, Sr., Tennessee Central Fair Association, Mur- 
freesboro. 

Prof. Hunter Nicholson, Tennessee Agricultural College, Knox- 
ville. 

J. M. P. Nolan, St. Louis, Mo. 

R. B. Hurt, Jackson, Tenn. 

Judge John D. Kobertson, Louisiana. 

B. Winston, Allensville and Olmstead Farmers' Club, Kentucky, 

Colonel Cooper, of Georgia. 

E. H. Lewis, Secretary of Farmers' Club, Marion county, Tenn. 

William Paine, James H. Hughes, Samuel Perkins and James P. 
Johnson, Williamson County Agricultural Association. 

Hon. E. M. Bugg and H. A. Buford, feles County Agricultural 
Association. 

Hon. E. W. Casey, Col. M. Hill and Maj. Geo. M. Emack, Coffee 
County Farmers' Club. 

J. J. Cohen, Eome, Georgia. 

Col. Haynes, Lafapette, Indiana. 

Hon. Wm. P. Lumpkin, Shelby county, Tennessee. 

W. M. Allison, Marion County Farmers' Club, Jasper. 

The following communication was read by the Secretary: 

To the President and Members of the National Agricultural Congress 
now in session : 
Gentlemen :— The distinguished honor is conferred upon'the un- 
dersigned of extending to jour body, individually and collectively, 
an invitation to attend the first grand Fair of the Atlanta Agricul- ' 
tural and Industrial Association, which will begin at Oglethorpe 
Parke, in the city of Atlanta, on Monday, Oct. 16, and continue five 
days. Complimentary tickets will be furnished all of the membera 
of this meeting who may favor us with a visit. 

Yery respectfully, etc., J. j. Toon, 

O. H. Jones, 
From the Committee on Invitation. 

Col. Jacob Thompson, President of the Memphis Mechanical and / 
Agricultural Association, extended a similaa^ invitation to the mem- 
bers of the Congress to attend the Memphis Fair. 



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The thanks of the Congress were returned for these courteous in- 
vitations. 

Gren. W. H. Jackson, from the Committee appointed to prepare a 
Constitution and By-Laws for the Government of the Congress, sub- 
mitted a report, which, on motion of Col. Hajmes, was accepted. 

On motion of Prof. Nicholson, of Knoxville, the report was taken 
up by sections. 

Mr. Cooper, of Georgia, rose to correct a mistake which seemed 
to be current in the North. An impression had gone abroad that • 
the Agricultural Congress, which had been organized at Atlanta, 
was sectional in its object. He wished to explain that its object was 
identical with that of this Congress. They invited the co-operation 
of agriculturists from all parts of the Union. They were neither 
local nor sectional, nor had they any political object. Theirs was a 
platform on which all could meet to build up the interests of agri- 
culture. He suggested that this association should dispatch their 
business, and adjourn at the earliest moment possible, and appoint 
a time to hold a convention, or to meet the Agricultural Congress atv*" 
Selma, or to send a delegation there, and consolidate the two bodies. 
The next meeting could be held here or in Kentucky, or anywhere 
else that might be decided upon. For his part, he would be willing 
to go anywhere to advance the interests of agriculture. 

Gen. Jackson referred to the correspondence which had passed ^ 
between Hon. Herschel V. Johnson, of the Southern Agricultural 
Congress, and himself on this subject. He was pleased to see that 
the Southern Congress had acted on his suggestion, and sent dele- 
gates to this Convention, and he was pleased to hear the views ex- 
pressed by Mr. Cooper. So far as he (Gen. Jackson) was concerned, 
he would be delighted to see the utmost harmony prevail between 
the two bodies, and he would readily assent to the suggestion to send ^ 
a delegation from this Association to the meeting at Selma, with a 
view of uniting the two bodies. 

On the first and second sections of the Constitution, fixing the 
representation in the Congress, a discussion arose, several amend- 
ments having been offered and rejected. 

Gen. Jackson moved that the President appoint a committee, con- 
sisting of one delegate from each State, to settle the question of 
representation, which report should be received as a finality by the 
Association. 

On a vote, the resolution was adopted — ayes 19, noes 17. 



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Gen. Jackson moved that no membei* of the old committee be ap 
pointed on the new. 

The following gentlemen wore accordingly named: Gen. Hard- 
ing, Tennessee; M. Winston, Kentucky; Louis Green, Mississippi; 
J. J. Toon, Georgia; Col. S. E. Cockrill, Arkansas ; Gov. Eobert M. 
Patton, Alabama; Dr. F. J. LeMoyne, Pennsylvania; F. C. Johnstoni 
Indiana; Judge John D. Eobertson, Louisiana; and Gen. Jno S" 
Marmaduke, of Missouri. 

The Con<>;re8S rose at 12:30 to meet at 7 p m. 



EVENING SESSION. 

The Congress re-assembled at 7:30. 

The Constitution was further discussed, amended, and finally 
adopted, as follows : 



COlsTSTITUTIOlSr 



OP THE 



NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS. 



Having assembled in order to extend the usefulness of the various 
associations and societies organized for the purpose of promoting 
the interest of agriculture in the United States, and in order to cre- 
ate unity and harmony, as well as concert of action in reference to 
those measures calculated to increasethe efficienc of this, the most 
mportant of our national pursuits; and especially to secure the 
proper consideration of questions pertaining to the industrial and 
commercial interests of this large and productive class of our people, 
this Association, on this fourth day of October, representing agricul- 
tural organizations from various States and Territories in the United 
States, do hereby adopt the following Constitation : 

AETICLE I. 

Section 1. This Association shall be designated the "National 
Agricultural Association." 

AETICLE 11. 

Section 1. Each State and Territory shall be entitled to twfi dele-,^ 
gates, to be appointed by the .State Agricultural Society or Associa- 
tion, if there be such an organization; if there is not, then the Gov- '^ 
ernor of such State or Territory shall appoint its delegates. 

Sec. 2. Each Agricultural College in the United States, organized 
in conformity with the law of Congress of 1862, made for that pur- ^ 
pose, shall be entitled to one representative. 

Sec. 3. That each regularly oi-ganizcd Agricultural Society, of 
fifty or more members, which shal have contributed to the funds of 



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this National organization, in proportion to their representatives 
bhall be entitled to one representative. 

Sec. 4. Delegates, in all cases, shall be active members of some 
agricultural organization ; they shall present credentials under seal 
from their respective constituencies; their certificates shall state the 
bodies represented, and the number of members in each, 

AETICLE III. 

Section 1. Each delegate shall be entitled to vote in person, but 
no voting shall be allowed by proxy. All votes, except for election 
shall be viva voce. Any delegate may call for a division, and a call 
for the yeas and nays may be had on demand of five or more dele- 
gates, and entered upon the journal. 

AETICLE ly. 

Section 1. A President, Secretary and Treasurer, and one Yice- 
President from each State and Territory, shall be elected at the an- 
nual meeting, by ballot ; the President and Secretary and Treasurer, 
on a majority of all the votes cast; but the Vice-President for feach 
State shall be chosen by the delegates of the respective States. 

Sec. 2. The officers of this Association shall constitute an execu-*-^ 
tive council, and shall have vested in them the administration of the 
affairs of this Association. Their election shall be the first business 
in order, and they shall serve until their successors are chosen. 
Seven members of this Council shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business. In the absence of the President, they shall 
choose a chairman. 

Sec. 3. The duty of transacting the business of this association 
ad interim, shall devolve upon the President and Secretary. The 
Secretary and Treasurer shall receive such comj)ensation as the 
Council may determine. 

Sec. 4. Special meetings of the Council may be held on the call ^^ 
of seven members thereof, twenty days' notice to be given by the 
Secretaiy. 

Sec. 5 In case of the removal, resignation or d^ath of any mem- 
ber of the Council, or a vacancy, his place for the unexpired term 
shall be promptly filled by the State or territorj'- from which he was 
a representative in the same manner that representatives at large, 
are chosen. A vacancy in any State or territory shall be filled in 
like manner. 

Sec 6. It shall be the duty of the Executive Council to recom-^ 
mend such measures as will promote the interest of the Association. 



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Sec. 7. Thej shall provide for full and accurate records of the 
proceedings oit" the Council and the meetings of the Association; 
they shall submit them at the annual meetings, with a statement of 
such business as may require attention, and shall apportion to each 
constituent body the assessment for the expenses of this Association,, 
as provided for elsewhere. 

Sec. 8. The Treasurer shall give security in such sum 'as may be 
required by the Executive Council, in no case to be less than the 
amount assessed upon the constituent bodies ; shall receive- and ac- 
count for all moneys belonging to the Association, and collect all 
assessments and sums due; but he shall pay out and dispose of the 
property of the Association only on a warrant of the Secretary, 
countersigned by the President. The Treasurer shall make a rejiort 
at the annual meeting. 

ARTICLE Y. 

Section 1. The annual meetings of the National Agricultural As- 
sociation shall be held on the fourth Monday of May of each year, 
at such place as a majority vote of those present at a previous meet- 
ing may have determined. 

Sec. 2. Notice shall be given to each of the constituent Agricul,- 
tural bodies, by the Secretary, at least thirty days previous to the 
annual meeting, of such subjects as ma}^ be presented for their con- 
sideration. 

AETICLE VI. 

Section 1. The expenses -^f this Association shall be provided 
for in such manner as the Executive Council may have determined. 

Sec. 2. The Executive Council shall report the order of business, 
and determine the mode b}^ which subjects may be brought before 
the meeting for consideration. 

AETICLE YII. 

Section 1. This Constitution may be amended at an annual meet- 
ing, hj a majority of two-thirds of the delegates present. 

Section 2 In order to meet the present exigencies, the President 
shall within two months after adjournmcut appoint one Vice-Presi- 
dent, joro-tem., from each State and Territory not represented in the 
first session. 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 

The following officere were elected for the ensuing year 



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F. Julius LeMoyne, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, was 
nominated President of the Association, and elected unanimously. 

The following were elected Vice-Presidents : 

Tennessee — Enoch Ensley, Memphis. 

Georgia — Oliver H. Johnes, Atlanta. 

Indiana — F. C. Johnson, Now Albany, 

Missouri — Gen. John S. Marmaduke, St. Louis. 

Mississippi — John M. Billups, Columbus. 

Illinois — Geo. C. Eisenmeyer, Mascoutah, St. Clair county. 

Alabama — Gov. E. M. Patton, Florence. 

Kentucky — Eobert Browder, Olrastead, Logan county. 

Louisiana — Duncan F. Kenner, New Orleans. 

Arkansas — Gordon N. Peay, Little Eock. 

J, B. Killebrew, was elected Secretary. 

Mr. A. Cox, of Giles county, Tennessee, was electedTreasurer, but 
declined the position. 

Mr. F. H. French was nominated in his stead, and elected. 

Gen. Marmaduke moved that St. Louis be the next place of meet- / 
ing of the Association. He made this proposition not as a St,. 
Louisan, but because he considered St. Louis as the most central 
city at which it could be held. 

The motion was carried. 

Mr. West, of Illinois, suggested Chicago, but would accept St. 
Louis. 

Prof. Nicholson moved that the President appoint a committee of 
three to prepare an address to the various agricultural societies, "^ 
associations, and farmer's clubs of the United States, setting forth 
the purposes of this association, and urging their speedy and earnest 
co-operation with the association. 

The motion was carried. 

Gen. Jackson moved that a committee be appointed by the Presi- 
dent as delegates to the meeting of the Congress, organized at Au- 
gusta last year, and which will assemble at Selma during the present 
month, and that that committee be invested with the power and ^ 
authority to confer with that association having in view the consol- 
idation of the two, and if they can agree upon the terms of consoli- 
dation, that they report to the executive counsel of this association 
for ratification. 

The motion was carried. 



A vote of thanks was tendered to the Agrienlttiral and Mechani- 
cal Association for complimentary tickets to the Fair; to Ihe man- 
agers of the Tennessee Exposition for the use of their building, and 
to the press for satisfactorily reporting the proceedings of the Con- 
gress. 

The members of the Congress were extended an invitation to visit 
Bellcmeade, the residence of Gen. W. G. Harding, on to-morrow, 
and partake of his hospitality. The invitation was accepted. 

E. C. Stone, of Indiana, offered the following amendment to the 
Constitution, which was adopted : 

In order to meet the present exigencies of the Association, the 
President shall, within two months after adjournment, appoint one 
Vice President pro tem., from each State and Territory not repre- 
sented in the first session. 

A vote of thanks was tendered to Gen. John S. Marmaduke. of 
Missouri, for the able, careful and impartial manner in which he 
presided over the deliberations of this body. 

On motion of F. H. French, the proposed order of business was 
referred to the committee ad interim, and the President requested to 
appoint committees on such of the subjects therein set forth as he 
may deem proper and expedient. 

xidjuurned to 10 o'clock, a. m., to-morrow morning. 



THIRD DAY— THUESDAY. 

Nashville, October 5, 1871. 
The Congress assembled at 10 o'clock, a. m. 

The President and Gen. Marmaduke, being both absent. 

On motion, Gov. E. M. Patton, of Alabama, one of the Vice-pres- 
idents, took the chair. 

J. W. Briggs, of Logan county, Kentucky Farmers' Club; Gen. 
J. C. Vaughn, H. A. Chambers and M. F. Johnson, of the Monroe y 
County Agricultural Association, and B. H. Lewis, of the Marion 
County Farmer's Club, presented credentials, and were enrolled as 
members. 

The committee appointed to wait on President LeMoyne to notify 
him of his election, reported that they had been unable to see him, 
as he had left for home on the evening train of Wednesday. 



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A letter from Commodore Maury, of the Virginia Military Insti- 
tute, to Hon. Jacob Thompson, President of the Shelby County Ag- 
ricultural and Mechanical Association, relative to the topics which 
he will dwell upon in his speech which he is to make before that 
Association, was read, and most favorably commented upon. 

General Jackson stated that he had had communications from 
Commodore Maury, and that he deemed the plan of his, by which 
the farmer could forejudge as to the crop prospect, as a highl}- im- 
portant one to the agricultural world. Such information as his plan 
guaranteed would be invaluable to the farmer. 

The following resolutions were offered by Mr. Haynes; of Shelby 
county, Tennessee, and adopted: 

Resolved, That this Congress approves and adopts the following 
resolutions drawn by Commodore Maury, and lately adopted by the 
Agricultural and Mechanical Society of Memphis: 

" That the President of this Society be, and he is hereby, in- 
structed in behalf of the farmers of Tennessee, to petition the Uni- 
ted States Government, through the State Department and the 
Executive, in favor of the establishment, by international co-opera- 
tion, of a gi'neral and systematic plan of meteorological observa 
tions and crop reports, and to request the Government, in fnrtherance 
of this object, to invite the other nations to meet, in the persons of 
their leading meteorologists, at an early daj^, in co»ference a la that 
of Brussels, in 1863, for the purpose of connecting with the plan now 
droposed, the system that was there devised for the sea. 2d. For 
the purpose of arranging details; 3d. For the purpose, also, of pro- 
viding for a general system of telegraphic meteorology and crop re- 
ports, to the end that our knowledge of the laws which control the 
functions of the atmosphere may be increased, and that accurate 
and useful forecasts may be made, at frequent intervals, as to the 
weather and crops in all countries. The President of this Society is 
required to request that the United States Government will co-oper- 
ate in this system C)f research by causing the plan that may be 
agreed upon in conference, to be carried out in this country, and to 
be adopted on board of the National cruisers." 

Resolved, That the President of this Congress transmit a copy of 
these resolutions to the several State Governors, and to each of the 
Agricultural Societies and journals in the country, inviting their co- 
operation, and requesting them to support this measure with their 
influence and with similar petitions. 



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Hesolved, That this Congress requests each member of this body 
representing agricultiiral organizations, to jiresent these resolutions 
before their respective Societies, and urge their co-operation in car- 
rying them into effect 

The following resolution, offered by Hon. Jacob Thompson, wa^ 
adopted : 

Resolved, That the President of the Shelby County Agricultural 
Association be respectfully requested to forward copies of the address 
of Commodore Maury to each member of this xissociation, and an 
extra number to the President of this Congress for distribution. 

Mr. A. B. Eobertson, of Coifee county, Tennessee, off'ered the fol- 
lowing resolution : 

Resolved, That the President of the National Agricultural Con- y 
gress be requested to invite the honorable Commissioner of Agricul- 
ture to a seat in our next Congress, and his co-operation in the 
furtherance of the objects proposed by the Congress. 

On the suggestion of Gen. Jackson, the Commissioner was elected X 
an honorar}'' member, and the Association decided that, by virtue of 
his official capacity, he was entitled to a seat as a delegate in the 
Congress. 

Gen. Jackson moved a reconsideration of the resolution authoriz- 
ing the permanent President — who, being absent, could not comply 
with its purpose — to apjioint delegates to the Agricultural Congress </ 
at Selma, which was carried, and the Chair appointed the following 
gentlemen : 

Gen. W. H. Jackson, of Nashville. 
Hon. Jacob Thompson, of Memphis. 
Col. Sterling R. Cockrill, of Arkansas. 
J. B. Killebrew, of Tennessee. 
Gen. John S. Marmaduke, of Missouri. 

On motion of Hon. Jacob Thompson, the presiding officer, Gov. 
R. M. Patton, was added to the list af delegates. 

Mr. Winston, of Kentucky, offered the following : 

Resolved, That the railroads throughout the United States be re- y 
quested to reduce the freight tariffs upon all fertilizers, so as to place 
them within reach af all the farmers in the country. 



The resolution was referred to the Executive Committee. 

Prof. IS^icholsori, of Knoxville, offered the following, which was 
adopted-: 

Resolved, That the editors of the various agricultural and horti- 
cultural papers and periodicals of the United States be made hono- 
rary members of this Association, and are respectfully urged to co- 
operate in furtherance of its purposes. 

Mr. Cockrill, of Arkansas, said the committee appointed for that 
purpose had agreed to adopt the rules of U. S. Congress. 

Gen. Jackson offered the following, which was adopted unani- 
mously : 

Resolved, That the thanks of this Association are due, and 
are hereby tendered, to the different railroad companies throughout 
the United kStatcs, which have granted half- fare rates to the dele- ^ 
gates of this body, together with the earnest request thai they will 
"co-operate with the National Agricultural Congress in carrying Ibr^ 
ward and perfecting the objects we have in view, upon the success 
of which their success is intimately blended. 

Mr. A. B. Haynes, of Memphis, offered the following, which was 
adopted : 

Resolved, That each delegate of this Association, feeling the great 
importai CO of the movement here inaugurated, pledges himself to 
present the objects of this Association to his immediate constituency, 
with the unshrinking purpose of securing their hearty co-operation 
in the accomplishment of this great work. 

Mr. A. B. Eobertson offered the following, which was adopted : 

Resolved. That the Secretary be instructed to furnish a copy of 
the Constitution of this Congress to the various agricultural associa- 
tions throughout the countrj^, and that the agricultural journals 
throughout the country be requested to publish the same in connec-* 
tion with the transactions of this body. 

A resolution providing that each member shall have a copy of 
the Constitution, was adopted. 



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An address was received and read before the Association from 
Hon. Fred. Walts, Commissioner of Agriculture, wh ich was re- 
ceived, and the President was requested to reply. Both the letter 
and answer will be found in the monthly reports of the Agricultural 
Department: 

The Congress then adjourned to hold its next session in St. Louis, "^ 
on the fourth Monday in May, 1872 

F. JULIUS LeMOYNE, President. 

J. B. KiLLEBREW, Secretary. 



l^nUtmct hjttlj Migtrtttlltrntl fengress. 



The Committee appointed to confer with the Agricultural Con- 
gress at Selma, Alabama, have discharged that duty in a manner 
entirely satisfactory. A committee was appointed by the Congress, 
with Gen. W J. Hardee as Chairman, to whom Was referred the 
proposition made by the commissioners from the National Agricultu- 
ral Association, which was for the "Congress to meet the Association 
at St. Louis on the 4th Monday of May, and then and there take 
steps to consolidate the two bodies. 

The following is the report of the committee as copied from the 
proceedings : 

4. " The committee appointed to consider the proposition made 
te this body by the delegates from the National Agricultural Asso- 
ciation, which recently met in Nashville, beg respectfully to report 
that they unanimously recommend, in accordance with the sugges- 
tions of the aforesaid delegation, that when this Congress adjourns 
it shall adjourn to meet in St. Louis, Mo., on the fourth Monday in 
May next, at which time and place, the question of a fusion of tho 
two bodies may be discussed and determined. 

W. J. Hardee, Chairman^ 

On motion of Mr. Sheppard the report was received and concurred 
in unanimously. 

It is earnestly desired by the members of both Associations that 
as many of the members as possible shall be present on that occa- ^ 
sion, and that steps may be taken by the united Association to for- 
"ward the material development of the country, as well as to collect 
and disseminate valuable information in relation to the agricultural 
interest of the whole country. 



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